CA Service Catalog - script - how to get current user

[Peter Schmidt]

Hi all,

in form - javascript I would like to preset an user-select-field by the current logged in user.

How can I get current logged in user?

Something like ca_fd.GetCurrentUser() would be great.

Or is there any ca_fd-variable containing current user?

Something like

var    ActUser = $(_.user.id).selector;        _.user is undefined

runs into an error.

Thanks,

Peter 

[Patrick_Price_10294]

Hello Peter,

You can try $(_.user.firstName) and $(_.user.lastName) for the first name and last name fields.

Patrick

[Peter Schmidt]

Hi Patrick,
_.user in my case is undefined.
Regards,
Peter

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[Patrick_Price_10294]

By 'undefined' do you mean they are not in the ca_contact table?

[Peter Schmidt]

Hi,
When tracing JavaScript with F12 setting stop in Script..
Hovering _.user var is undefined.
Regards,
Peter


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[Patrick_Price_10294]

[Peter Schmidt]

Hi,

on form-level I get the correct data for _.user.id

--> Text-Field's value shows the logged in user-id (cnt.userid)

But when I try to use it for the query of the user-select-field, it doesn't work:

query seems not to run.

Testing the report by typing the userid - also is working correct.

Any idea?

[Satya Kiran Jasti]

Hi Peter,

Syntax to pass the query variable is like $({'<variable_name>':'value'})

Ex: for OOTB report data object 'catalog__content_country_list'

Query : SELECT id,name FROM ca_country WHERE (ca_country.name like N'%%%STRING%%%')

Select Box Parameters will be

Report/Plug-in Id: catalog__content_country_list

Report/Plug-in Variables: $({'STRING':_.user.location.country})

Regards,

Satya Kiran

[Peter Schmidt]

Hi Satya Kiran,

thanks for your guidance.

That's the way I tried it now and it worked but not the way as I'm looking for.

When filling Report/Plug-In Variables as described, preselect is done and no other dataset can be selected, means - query is done with value given and no other contacts (in my case) are selectable.

What I'm looking for is a way to DEFAULT selection in the selection-field and having the chance to select another contact as the defaulted in my case. All contacts should be selectable but the logged in user should be defaulted in the select field.

What I tried now is to write a script-function (in custom_form_examples.js) which is called as onLoad of the field.

There I have called

   ca_fdFetchSelectData(FormID,FielID); 

and then, in a setTimeout, I call with fix parameters

   ca_fdSelectOption(FormID, FielID, 'myLastname,myFirstName(myUserid)', 'myUserid');

This is working, but slow.

When I'm trying to use _.userid.<something like last_name> for the parameters,

I found $(_.user.id) (tested with F12) undefined in script.

So, what can I do to default selection with the logged in user?

Thanks and regards,

Peter

   

[Satya Kiran Jasti]

Hi Peter,

To Achieve what you are looking for, 

1) Remove any "where" clause from the report object to load all the data into select field

Ex: SELECT userid,last_name FROM ca_contact

2) Remove "Report/Plug-in Variables" attribute of select field if any

2) set "Eager" attribute of select field to "true"

3) set "onLoad" attribute of select field to "ca_fd.js.loadDefaultUser();"

4) add form script as below ('sel_1' to be replaced with select field id)

{
  loadDefaultUser: function(){
    ca_fdSelectOption(ca_fd.formId, 'sel_1', _.user.lastName, _.user.id);
  }
}

5) Save form and test in request page

After the form is loaded, default selection should be shown in a second or two.

Regards,

Satya Kiran

[Peter Schmidt]

Hi Satya Kiran,

your last suggestion is working now.

Many, many thanks.

My main error was, to use wrong _.user-Attribute-Names.

I expected that they are the same as in cnt-object.

Using them like you suggested in the form-script it is working now.

Allow me one last question 😉

When I want to use _.user.??? in external script because I don't want to replicate code in different forms of different offerings,

What can I try incustom_form_example.js where _.user seems not to be defined?

Can I give _.user in the onload script-call as parameter and use it there with the known parameters?

Do you have an example for this case?

Many thanks,

Peter

[Satya Kiran Jasti]

Hi Peter,

_.user. should work in custom_form_lib.js as well, and yes you can pass as arguments too as below

onLoad:  loadDefaultUser(ca_fd.formId,'sel_1',_.user.commonName,_.user.id);

Note: The function call does not contain ca_fd.js prefix if the function is defined in the custom js

custom_form_lib.js:

function loadDefaultUser(formId,fieldId, cname, id){
    ca_fdSelectOption(formId, fieldId,cname+'('+id+')', id);
}

Regards,

Satya Kiran

[Peter Schmidt]

Hi Satya Kiran,
many thanks for your productive help.

It’s now working as I wanted it to work.
Calling it via ServicePoint it is a little bit slow but has to be discussed on another place.

Many thanks again and have a nice day,
Peter